as in hooker
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
was caught procuring the services of a prostitute
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as in to corrupt
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money
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as in to abuse
to put to a bad or improper use
urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials
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Recent Examples of prostitute
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
John Hudson Odom soared as Madame Millie, a prostitute who befriended Toni when the team bedded down a brothel because black people weren’t allowed to use hotels.
—Adrienne Gibbs, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
Operating out of three hotels, two in Mason and another in Blue Ash, Barron forced a female victim to prostitute herself by threatening her with physical force and at times beating her with phone cords and burning her with a methamphetamine pipe, the release states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
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Noun
After reviewing his social media activity, it was revealed Green had messaged several other Instagram users with proposals to work for him as prostitutes, according to prosecutors.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
John Hudson Odom soared as Madame Millie, a prostitute who befriended Toni when the team bedded down a brothel because black people weren’t allowed to use hotels.
—Adrienne Gibbs, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
And that’s what got talked about and prostituted by the media, in the most derogatory manner.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
Operating out of three hotels, two in Mason and another in Blue Ash, Barron forced a female victim to prostitute herself by threatening her with physical force and at times beating her with phone cords and burning her with a methamphetamine pipe, the release states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitute
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Those bank documents helped federal prosecutors bring a criminal case in California about unpaid taxes on cash Biden used to fund drugs and hookers.Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s is about someone who’s just about scraping a living as a hooker.Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
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State institutions decay, and get corrupted into patronage.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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However, the dwarves are nowhere to be found by the end of the episode, as King Durin III (Peter Mullan) has been corrupted and brainwashed by his ring of power.Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into Corning for possibly abusing its market dominance in supplying its protective glass to electronics vendors.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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In her old home, Sasha was abused and could not walk or clean herself properly.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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If the first film took aim at how capitalism pits the 99 percent against itself, part two seems more focused on the ways that socialist principles can be perverted in implementation.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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Crypto in its perfect form would protect people in parts of the world where money’s sole purpose as a production-for-production exchange medium is being perverted by governments.John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Risk factors for systolic heart failure include having a history of smoking, misusing alcohol or drugs, and being overweight or obese.8 Diagnosis Healthcare providers can diagnose systolic congestive heart failure using your medical history, performing a physical exam, and running some tests.Alexandria Nyembwe, PhD, RN, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Race and ethnicity are used to categorize Americans often, but according to the report, these categories can be misused in scientific analyses.Kaan Ozcan, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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That doesn’t seem especially forbidden or debauched.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Instead, Mixtape Pluto is subterranean and nocturnal, hedonistic one minute and aching with regrets the next, debauched but wounded.Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
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And subsequent research has suggested most of those who were poisoned had been drinking this bootleg alcohol for pleasure or escape, not protection from COVID-19.ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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The salty water slowly poisons living trees, leaving a haunted ghost forest of dead and dying timber.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Then, last year, the 49ers humiliated Dallas by the score of 42-10 at home.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Shaking down Bodhi, killing some bikers, jokingly humiliating his ex-girlfriend on the witness stand — less than ideal, but nothing you’re not supposed to be able to live with.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Prostitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitute. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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